True Wealth: How and Why Millions of Americans Are Creating a Time-Rich,Ecologically Light,Small-Scale, High-Satisfaction Economy

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Hours reductions serve multiple purposes.

That works out to 59.8 metric tons, or 132,000 pounds of oil, sand, grain, iron ore, coal, and wood for every person, to produce the United States’ GNP. Divide that by 365 and it yields an eye-popping 362 pounds a day. It’s not a sustainable number.

Businesses are required to take back what they have sold, so the laws build in more incentives for durability.

If working hours fall, unemployment declines and free time rises.

When installed at scale on buildings, they reduce energy consumption by absorbing heat in the summer and insulating in the winter. They also purify the air as the plants take in and process toxins.

In ordinary times, the planet can absorb just under half the carbon that is emitted.

more well-being than sticking to business as usual,

based on communication between the designer and the consumer,